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The old Christmas card
It’s a cheery old-fashioned Christmas Card, probably from the late 1950s. My cousin in Poland, Kris Żebrowski, found it among other...
Halina St James
Dec 18, 20232 min read
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'Sugar kisses' after 70 years
Last year I returned to the German army base in Bavaria where I'd lived as a Displaced Person after World War II. This year I tracked...
Halina St James
Nov 22, 20232 min read
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"The past must never be repeated"
Flowers placed lovingly on a simple memorial where, 80 years ago, my mother lived in a draughty wooden hut. She was there under guard by...
Halina St James
Nov 14, 20232 min read
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